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For this month it’s an ‘Anything Goes’ at FSC which couldn’t be easier for everyone.
Stamped onto some water colour cardstock using several different coloured inkpads and stamps.
All the main focal stamping has been done with a black Versamark pad.
Would really love it if you hopped on over to see all the DT’s work as they are simply stunning.
Ink Art Designs Etsy Shop is sponsoring FSC and they will be offering a stamp for the winner of each new challenge.
It’s ages since I have shown anything that I have been teaching my Saturday class so below is a double page that we did two weeks ago.
Really wanted these journal pages to look different from other pages in the book
so I jazzed up the sides with a Martha Stewart border punch.
Definitely going to do more like this as it made both pages look more interesting.
It also added the wow factor plus I have so many punches which need to see the light of day again.
At last I managed to make some Christmas cards for the family …
Used two colours of Brusho’s on some of the cards, Light Brown and Grey.
First up is JP and Clare’s card.
Next comes Alex’s …
Lauren’s one …
… really tried to make this CAS Loz!!! Explanation here …
Amber’s …
Various other Christmas makes …
and now the fun make … another journal spread …
Entering the first two cards into the Stampotique Challenge SDC 288 – Christmas – Week 2
For this month’s challenge FSC is going with the theme of ‘Use Your Inks Anyway You Like’ which the lovely Dot picked.
My card below uses inks from the 1st set of Distress Oxides – vintage photo, iced spruce and fossilized amber.
Also rearing their heads are inks from the new 2nd set – frayed burlap and antique linen.
My preferred choice of card, for inks, is watercolour cardstock which I use a lot more of since the stamp positioners came into play.
Ring stamp is from Stampers Anonymous and I did the Iron Off Embossing Technique so that everything lays flat on the card with no shiny bits.
The other stamp is from Dina Wakley.
Would really love it if you hopped on over to see all the DT’s work as they are simply stunning.
Ink Art Designs Etsy Shop is sponsoring FSC and they will be offering a stamp for the winner of each new challenge.
It’s that time again to show the class project for last week which is all about watercolouring.
You can get some lovely textures ebbing and flowing within your card with such little effort, the water and inks do all the hard work for you.
For my background I wanted the card to be very tonal so only used three colours from the same family of brush markers.
I never refer to black or white when mentioning colours because this is a very grey area.
– black is the absence of colour and is therefore not a colour –
– white is the blending of all colours and is a colour … go figure.
The layering up embellishments are from corrugated card and some stamping.
For last week’s class the girls all used their Gelli Plate for the first time with inks. This week they worked with paints.
As you know, when teaching a class, I always start something to show them what to do but never finish it until after the class.
It was such a gorgeous afternoon that I didn’t get to finish it so worked on it this morning.
Added some Distress Oxides for extra colour and hi-lighted the edges with white chalk paint to give everything a rather shabby distressed look.
Below is one of the cards that the girls made on Saturday.
Last week’s class was all about how to use the Gelli Plate.
We made some lovely backgrounds which meant that the girls went home with three very different cards.
We have a gorgeous little art shop in town and Sara, the owner, ordered in enough Gelli plates for all the girls in my class.
Had my usual play around after the class and wahoo the Distress Oxides came out, can’t wait for my new set to arrive from Art From The Heart.
Worn lipstick and fossilized amber are the colours used for this card.
Distress Oxides work really well on the Gelli Plate, my only advice would be, just take your time and steady with the water.
Stamped the girl image with DO worn lipstick, she stamped really well.
Stamps are from from Stampers Anonymous and a Dylusions one, die is a Sizzix Thinlets set – Mixed Media #4.
Stencil is a Crafters Workshop called, Ravenscape … only used the bird part and did some doodling inside.
It wasn’t just about the cards in the class on Saturday but also with regards to the leftover paint and ink which is usually always left on the craft sheet.
The girls were asked to bring along their Art journals so they could mop up their leftovers in it.
This also gave the girls homework. I asked them to finish their journal pages at home, bring back next week, then we could see how each completed their pages.
My finished pages, hopefully it’s a little inspiration, especially for Phil, lol … (she’ll understand). Worked on my mop up pages after the class had finished.
These are the two cards I taught in the class.
Definitely look forward to April as this is when I go home, stay with the family, then trot off to Ally Pally.
Not this year, first time of missing the show since it started. Family all flew to Spain for an Easter break plus my brother and SIL decided to go to Somerset.
What about all that money I saved? Yeah, as if … went on a spending spree at Hochanda, Carabelle Studio and Frantic Stamper.
Had the MISTI tool for awhile now and I have always been tempted to buy the larger version but so glad I didn’t because one of my purchases at Hochanda is the new Tim Holtz Stamp Platform … and all the Pebeo paints plus Sheena’s newest stamps and dies!!!!
Sorry Mrs MISTI looks as if you are going to be redundant!!!!
All the Oxide Inks arrived a few weeks back … it only took a week from the time I put in the order until they arrived.
Didn’t dive in and play right away, waited until I felt the time was right to have a go with them. Made a few different makes using various colours and techniques.
Wanted to find out how good the image looked when stamped with the inks and also how they reacted to colouring in with a water brush.
Just took my time and slowly added water as I went along. At each stage if I was happy with how it looked then out came the heat gun to dry.
DO’s used are: Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain also used the DI Black Soot.
Next make is completely different plus more colours used.
The card above uses DO’s – fossilized amber, worn lipstick, broken china and spiced marmalade.
All the colours were blended onto an A4 card which was then die cut with one of Sheena’s newest dies also the Thinlits Wildflower die set.
Stamped onto some of the waste card and fussy cut the lady plus some butterflies before adding onto the card.
List of stamps used.
For this month’s challenge FSC wants to see Sound Of Music – My Favourite Things or Use Your Favourite Stamp which Leanne picked as her theme.
You can either pick something from the verse above or use your favourite stamp, I chose Whiskers on Kittens.
Had so much fun colouring the kitten with water colour pencils plus the background has been created using the same colours.
Had to take care with the colouring plus how much water was added as I actually did everything on the card front itself. This was an achievement as the card wasn’t water coloured stock plus there was a risk of pitting if I added too much.
Very unusual for me but I have only used two stamps on my card. The kitten is a discontinued one called ‘Sitting Pretty’ and the quote comes from a Stampers Anonymous set … Urban Tapestry.
Would really love it if you hopped on over to see all the DT’s work as they are simply stunning. Also don’t forget that the winner of this challenge has $20 to choose anything they like from Flonz’s store.
Wife to Andrew (best hubby in the world), mother of 2 wonderful boys and hopefully the best grandma to three beautiful grandchildren, oh can't forget my other babies Penny Black & Chip!
